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Collection Overview

Title: Maynard and Jane Brichford Early Sound Recording Collection

ID: 12/9/109

Primary Creator: Brichford, Maynard J.

Extent: 2.0 cubic feet

Arrangement: Unprocessed

Date Acquired: 07/15/2008

Formats/Genres: Sound Recordings

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Collection consists of one Edison Model C-150 'Sheridan' Disc Machine and 34 78 rpm records.

Biographical Note

Maynard Brichford was born August 6, 1926 in Madison, Ohio. He received a B.A. degree from Hiram College and an M.S. (American History) degree from the University of Wisconsin in 1951. During WWII, Brichford served in the U.S. Navy. From 1953-1956, Brichford worked as an assistant archivist for the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. From 1956-1959, he was a methods and procedures analyst at the Illinios State Archives. In 1959, Brichford returned to Wisconsin to serve as the records management supervisor for the Wisconsin Department of Administration. From 1963 until his retirement in 1995, Brichford served as the head archivist for the University of Illinois. He was elected to the Society for American Archivists Council for a term from 1965-1969, was elected as a Fellow in 1970, was elected Vice President in 1978, and served as president of the organization from 1979-1980. In June of 2017, he was awarded the Chancellor's Medal for his lifetime of research on Illinois History and his work with the University of Illinois Archives.

Administrative Information

Repository: The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music

Acquisition Source: Maynard and Jane Brichford

Acquisition Method: Donation

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Box:

[Box 1],
[Box 2],
[Item 1: Edison Model C-150 "Sheridan" Disc Player, ca. 1915],
[All]

Box 2

Item 1: Louisiana Five: B-Map-e-One-Step/Foot Warmer, 10 in. Disc, Edison 50569 R/L; Composer: Louisiana Five
Item 2: Ghiha, Lou 'Frisco': Sextet-Lucia/Silver Threads Among the Gold, 10 in. Disc, Edison 50342; Composer: Lou 'Frisco' Ghiha
Item 3: Paulo Gruppe/Kathleen Parlow/Robert Gayler: Rondo/Melodie, 10 in. Disc, Edison 80362; Composer: Unidentified
Item 4: The Homestead Trio/Vernon Dalhart: Indiana/Can't Yo' Heah Me Callin' Caroline, 10 in. Disc, Edison 80334; Composer: Unidentified
Item 5: Jaudas' Society Orchestra: Allah's Holiday/Hawaiian Butterfly Medley, 10 in. Disc, Edison 50424; Composer: Unidentified
Item 6: Lenihan, Burton and Gladys Rice/Ballard, George Wilton, Frederick Wheeler: Auf Wiedersehn/Waltz of the Season - The Blue Paradise, 10 in. Disc, Edison 80280; Composer: Unidentified
Item 7: M.J. O'Connell/Arthur Fields: How Could Washington Be a Married Man/Honolulu, America Loves You, 10 in. Disc, Edison 50414; Composer: Unidentified
Item 8: Elizabeth Spencer/Gladys Rice: Poor Butterfly/Flora Bells, 10 in. Disc, Edison 50386; Composer: Unidentified
Item 9: Marie Tiffany: Come Unto Him/There's a Beautiful Lord on High, 10 in. Disc, Edison 82139; Composer: Unidentified
Item 10: Unidentified Performer: The Lover and the Bird/Opera of Maritana, 10 in. Disc, Edison 80114; Composer: Unidentified
Item 11: Unidentified /Thomas Chalmers: Beautiful Isle of Somewhere/Kathleen ma vour need, 10 in. Disc, Edison 80064; Composer: Unidentified
Item 12: Unidentified /Albert Spalding and Andre Benoist: Cavatina op. 85, No. 3/Humoresque, 10 in. Disc, Edison 82047; Composer: Unidentified
Item 13: Unidentified Performer: My Wild Irish Rose/Mother Machnee, 10 in. Disc, Edison 80247; Composer: Walter Van Brunt
Item 14: Walter Van Brunt/Elizabeth Spencer: When You and I Were Young, Maggie/Rock Meto Sleep Mother, 10 in. Disc, Edison 80320; Composer: Unidentified
Item 15: Rudy Weidoeft/Waikiki Hawaiian Orchestra: Valse Llewellyn/My Waikiki Mermaid, 10 in. Disc, Edison 80398; Composer: Unidentified

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[Box 1],
[Box 2],
[Item 1: Edison Model C-150 "Sheridan" Disc Player, ca. 1915],
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